TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and Validation of a Chinese Language Version of the Ruminative Thought Styles Questionnaire
AU - Walsh, E.
AU - Shou, Y.
AU - Han, J.
AU - Brinker, J. K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - The Ruminative Thought Styles Questionnaire (RTS) conceptualizes rumination as repetitive, recurrent, intrusive, and uncontrollable thinking. This article outlines the development and validation of a Chinese language version of the RTS, the RTS-CH. Following independent translation, back translation, and final translation checking, the factor structure, convergent and divergent validity, and item-level congruence of the RTS-CH was examined and improved. The resultant scale showed equivalence to the RTS and had attractive psychometric properties. The RTS-CH is the first Chinese language rumination measure that does not have inherently negative or depressive content.
AB - The Ruminative Thought Styles Questionnaire (RTS) conceptualizes rumination as repetitive, recurrent, intrusive, and uncontrollable thinking. This article outlines the development and validation of a Chinese language version of the RTS, the RTS-CH. Following independent translation, back translation, and final translation checking, the factor structure, convergent and divergent validity, and item-level congruence of the RTS-CH was examined and improved. The resultant scale showed equivalence to the RTS and had attractive psychometric properties. The RTS-CH is the first Chinese language rumination measure that does not have inherently negative or depressive content.
KW - cross-cultural comparison
KW - culture/cross-cultural
KW - measurement
KW - psychometric properties
KW - ruminative thought
KW - scale development/testing
KW - validation
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U2 - 10.1177/0734282917696937
DO - 10.1177/0734282917696937
M3 - Article
SN - 0734-2829
VL - 36
SP - 604
EP - 615
JO - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
JF - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
IS - 6
ER -